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Airport month · October 2025
John Glenn Columbus International in October 2025
BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.
In October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 4,031 domestic departures from John Glenn Columbus International (CMH). 82.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.4% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so CMH departures were 2.0 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 3,849 departures with 89.3% leaving on time: a change of −7.3 points, with flights up 5%.
Flights arriving at CMH that month were on time 77.9% of the time (4,035 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, national aviation system 34% and air carrier 29%.
- On time 80.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.7%
- Cancelled 0.7%
- Diverted 0.2%
October 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2025 | Oct 2024 | CMH, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 82.0% | 89.3% | 79.6% | 80.0% |
| Arrived on time | 80.4% | 89.6% | 79.0% | 79.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.7% | 1.2% | 2.0% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 12.9 min | 7.4 min | 15.0 min | 13.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 134 | 128 | 123 | 20,195 |
| Scheduled departures | 4,031 | 3,849 | 44,711 | 605,844 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YX Republic Airline | 1,210 | 30% | 77.9% | 6.4 min | 1.3% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,104 | 27% | 83.5% | 1.5 min | 0.2% |
| AA American Airlines | 360 | 9% | 83.9% | 3.4 min | 0.8% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 325 | 8% | 92.0% | -6.6 min | 0.3% |
| UA United Airlines | 301 | 7% | 75.1% | 8.2 min | 0.3% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 272 | 7% | 75.0% | 15.6 min | 0.4% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 147 | 4% | 70.1% | 25.2 min | 2.7% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 145 | 4% | 78.6% | 4.3 min | 0.7% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 94 | 2% | 81.9% | 19.4 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 40 | 1% | 65.0% | 15.3 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 33 | 1% | 75.8% | 8.7 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMH–ORD | Columbus to Chicago | 438 | 72.1% | 16.9 min | 0.5% |
| CMH–LGA | Columbus to New York | 305 | 66.2% | 15.5 min | 3.3% |
| CMH–ATL | Columbus to Atlanta | 294 | 87.4% | -4.0 min | 0.3% |
| CMH–MCO | Columbus to Orlando | 202 | 80.2% | 12.0 min | 0.5% |
| CMH–EWR | Columbus to Newark | 189 | 73.5% | 5.3 min | 2.1% |
| CMH–BOS | Columbus to Boston | 179 | 73.7% | 11.4 min | 1.7% |
| CMH–DCA | Columbus to Washington | 173 | 83.2% | 4.0 min | 0.0% |
| CMH–CLT | Columbus to Charlotte | 172 | 89.5% | -6.8 min | 0.0% |
| CMH–DEN | Columbus to Denver | 166 | 81.3% | 0.2 min | 0.6% |
| CMH–PHL | Columbus to Philadelphia | 165 | 76.4% | 8.6 min | 1.2% |
| CMH–DFW | Columbus to Dallas/Fort Worth | 155 | 81.3% | 1.4 min | 0.6% |
| CMH–JFK | Columbus to New York | 155 | 87.7% | 1.9 min | 1.3% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left CMH on time in October 2025?
82.0% of 4,031 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2024, 89.3% of 3,849 departures left on time and 1.2% were cancelled, against 82.0% and 0.7% in October 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 2025; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for CMH · methodology · corrections.